1. Someone who graduates from high school but does not pursue any post-secondary education can expect to earn $ in a lifetime.
2. Someone who attends two years of college and earns an associate’s degree (A. A.) can expect an annual
income of $(a).
3. Multiply the income from #2 by the number of years a person might work over a lifetime.
$
4. What’s the difference between the lifetime earnings of a person with a high school diploma and a person
with an A. A. degree? $
5. Someone with a bachelor’s degree (B. A. or B. S.) can expect to earn $ over a
lifetime (average annual income multiplied by the number of years working).
6. Over the course of a lifetime, how much more can a person with a bachelor’s degree earn than a person
with an associate’s degree? $
7. Over the course of a lifetime, how much more can someone with a bachelor’s degree earn than someone
with a high school diploma? $
8. Most master’s degrees (M. A. or M. S.) are earned in two years. Someone with a master’s degree can expect
lifetime earnings of $.
9. What is the difference between the lifetime earnings of someone with a master’s degree and someone with
only a high school diploma? $
10. Someone with a professional degree, such as a doctor, can expect to earn $
over a lifetime.
11. What is the difference in lifetime earnings between someone with a professional degree and someone with
only a high school diploma? $